Stadtgraben
[ˈʃtatˌɡʁaːbn̩]
The verdict
“Stadtgraben” is uncommon German (frequency #84,601 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,601
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zur Befestigung einer Stadt ausgehobener, diese teilweise oder vollständig (entlang der Stadtmauer) umgebender, meist mit Wasser gefüllter Graben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stadtgraben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatˌɡʁaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stadtgraben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stadtgraben is uncommon German at frequency #84,601 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtatˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Befestigung einer Stadt ausgehobener, diese teilweise oder vollständig (entlang der Stadtmauer) umgebender, meist mit Wasser gefüllter Graben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stadtgraben, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Stadtgraben, spelled S-T-A-D-T-G-R-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur Befestigung einer Stadt ausgehobener, diese teilweise oder vollständig (entlang der Stadtmauer) umgebender, meist mit Wasser gefüllter Graben
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Stadtgraben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-D-T-G-R-A-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.